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PV Cycle
PV Cycle, the leading take-back scheme for photovoltaic (PV) modules, has
collected its fi rst 10 000 tonnes in Europe. ‘By the end of October 2014, PV Cycle
had made collections in 20 different European countries with an infrastructure
of 350 collection points,’ it adds. ‘Since 2010, our collection and recycling
achievements have consistently exceeded the EU targets set in the 2012 WEEE
Directive,’ observes Jan Clyncke, managing director of PV Cycle. He observes that
PV waste will ‘signifi cantly increase’ in the coming years. www.pvcycle.com
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is shutting down its recycling division in the USA and instead will
work with outside suppliers of recyclables, according to Plastics News. ‘We are
restructuring how we procure recyclable packaging and will focus on developing
our sources of supply,’ confi rms a company spokesman. Coca-Cola will continue
to work more directly with our value chain to increase the use of recycled mate-
rials. ‘As the industry is evolving, we no longer need to directly engage in the
buying and selling of recyclable materials.’ www.coca-cola.com
World Steel Association
The Brussels-based World Steel Association (WSA) has published its 2014 Steel
Statistical Yearbook, which presents a cross-section of steel industry facts and
fi gures. For the period from 2004 to 2013, it contains comprehensive statistics
on crude steel production by country and process, steel production by product,
steel trade by product, apparent steel use, and production of pig iron and direct
reduced iron, etc. www.worldsteel.org
EMR
The US Navy has awarded metal recycling major EMR the contract to dismantle and
recycle the 323-metre-long aircraft carrier USS Constellation, according to the
company’s European non-ferrous director Murat Bayram. The USS Constellation will
be ‘the largest aircraft carrier ever scrapped’ in the USA and is expected to arrive in
January at the company’s shipbreaking facility at Brownsville in Texas where it will
be recycled and remediated over the course of 2015. www.emrgroup.com
Republic Silver State Disposal
Republic Silver State Disposal, a subsidiary of Republic Services, has started construc-
tion on a 110 000-square-foot recycling facility in US city Las Vegas that is scheduled
to begin operations in the autumn of 2015. Brand-new technology at the site will
‘double residential recycling capacity in Southern Nevada’ and process roughly 1000
tonnes of mixed recyclables per day. www.republicservices.com
Hydro
Aluminium major Hydro is to build a new integrated recycling line for used bever-
age cans at its Rheinwerk plant in Neuss, western Germany. The Euro 45 million
construction will increase capacity at the facility to 100 000 tonnes per year and
will be ‘the most modern of its type in the world’, it is claimed. New sensor technol-
ogy which is said to ensure that specifi ed liquid aluminium from the remelting
process can be conducted back into the production loop. www.hydro.com
Viridor
UK waste management major Viridor has started up a new polymer recycling
plant at Rochester, east of London. The Euro 15.7 million facility has been cre-
ated to help local councils and businesses to recycle more of their plastics. Using
what the company calls ‘the most advanced materials sorting technology avail-
able’, the facility is capable of processing 75 000 tonnes of mixed plastics per
year while also separating up to 10 000 tonnes of glass. www.viridor.co.uk
The illegal export of end-of-life
vehicles (ELVs) has to be stopped as
soon as possible, according to Oliver
Scholz, ceo of German metals recycling
company Scholz Holding. ‘Each year, we
lose around 8 million ELVs in Europe;
this means 12 million tonnes of scrap
and plastics,’ he said during an interna-
tional workshop in Brussels attended by
representatives of the EU Commission,
the European authorities, the automo-
tive sector and the recycling industry.
The aim of the workshop was to discuss
current implementation of the ELV Direc-
tive in the 28 EU member states. In sev-
eral presentations, as well as in subse-
quent discussions, several common
targets emerged. And the urgent need
for additional measures to restrict illegal
exports was one of the key proposals.
Also addressed at the workshop was
implement ation of an obligation to register
and deregister vehicles, thus leading to
greater transparency in the market as well
as potentially improved monitoring of used
vehicles and the ELV waste streams.
In addition, a need was highlighted for
a more detailed defi nition to distinguish
between a ‘used car’ and an ‘ELV’. If a
vehicle is classifi ed as waste, it could be
reasonable to take into account the
actual value besides repair costs in the
member state of destination.
A legally-binding defi nition should be
set, and the exporter should have to
prove whether the exported car is waste
or not.
There was also a consensus at the Brus-
sels gathering that recycling costs would
increase as a result of the rapidly-chang-
ing composition of vehicles, such as
through the development of electric
models, rare earths in magnets and car-
bon fi bres in plastics. But there was no
agreement during the discussions as to
who should pay these rising costs.
Options include a fi nancial contribution
from the automotive industry or the car
owner, as in the Netherlands, Switzer-
land, Russia and Japan.
Scholz stated at the workshop: ‘To prevent
illegal exports from EU member states, we
need legally-binding rules and high penal-
ties for illegal activities. To achieve higher
recycling rates, we need further invest-
ments; therefore, legal certainty is a pre-
requisite. If we are successful in combat-
ting illegal export, it will be a
win-win-situation for the automotive
sector, the scrap dealers and the recyclers.’
Oliver Scholz: Halt
illegal exports of ELVs
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